BBC One kicked off the evening with 4.36 million (21.7%) for The One Show at 7pm, followed by 3.04m (14.2%) for A Question of Sport immediately after.

Elsewhere, Room 101 was seen by 3.61m (15.9%) at 8.30pm, while The Graham Norton Show, which featured guests such as Ant and Dec, Naomi Campbell and Aaron Paul, entertained 3.77m (28.4%) at 10.35pm.

For the second week running, Student Nurses: Bedpans and Bandages was ITV's highest-rated show outside of soaps, picking up an average of 2.75m (12.4%) at 8pm.

After the evening's second visit to Weatherfield at 8.30, the latest episode of Edge of Heaven was viewed by 1.75m (8.3%) from 9pm.

Over on BBC Two, Permission Impossible attracted 1.26m (6%) at 7pm, Mastermind secured an evening high of 2.17 (9.8%) viewers at 8pm, Coming Home was seen by 1.30 million (5.7%) at 8.30pm, and The Pity of War secured 990k (4.8%) at 9pm.

8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown was Channel 4's highest-rated show with 1.86m (8.6%) at 9pm. It was preceded by Grand Designs with 1.22m (5.4%) at 8pm, and followed by The Last Leg with 1.06m (6.3%) at 10pm.